This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
American G.I.s on the back of a Castlemaine Brewery truck in Charlotte Street, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller outside Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller poses with a koala during WWII, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller with G.I.s in Charlotte Street, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark Muller with signal officer Lieutenant Bob Firclock outside Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American Lieutenant Mark T. Muller, assistant signal officer, behind his desk in Somerville House, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Captain Robert D. Regnier, comcentre officer in the AMP building, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Daphne Irene Nixon with bridesmaid Edith Isabella Brown on her wedding day, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
First Lieutenant Boyd D. 'Buzz' Wagner and Lieutenant Mark Muller in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lieutenant Mark Muller in an air-raid shelter, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Official opening of the American Red Cross Services Club, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Serving tea at the community kitchen at Bardon, October 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Signal office staff at base section number 3 headquarters at Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Soldiers filling a truck with petrol, south east Queensland, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Teletype operator, Olga Honey, with assistant signal officer American Lieutenant Mark Muller outside Somerville House in Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
U.S. army soldier at a camp under construction, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
War correspondent Earl Crotchett on crutches on the steps of a hotel in Townsville, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Witnesses in a stabbing incident in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Womens Rest Room City Hall, Brisbane, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American servicemen relaxing on deck on a convoy ship bound for Australia
Taken some time in Mar 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
American troops enroute to Australia on board troop ships, April 1942
Taken some time in Apr 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Anita Woodworth, American Red Cross worker, arriving in Brisbane, 1942
Taken 23 Aug 1942
State Library of Queensland, Australia